Electronic cicarette

ABSTRACT

An electronic cigarette includes a rod having an atomization device and a battery assembly, wherein the electronic cigarette further includes a jacket, the jacket is arranged on an outer surface of the rod, and an outer surface of the jacket is provided with a friction portion. When using the electronic cigarette, due to the friction portion, fingers of a user may contact the friction portion, which may increase the friction between the fingers and the rod, thereby effectively preventing the electronic cigarette from falling off from the fingers in use.

This present application is the national phase of InternationalApplication No. PCT/CN2013/087670, entitled “Electronic Cigarette”,filed on Nov. 22, 2013, which claims the benefit of priority to Chinesepatent application No. 201320689658.9 entitled “ELECTRONIC CIGARETTE”and filed with the Chinese State Intellectual Property Office on Nov. 4,2013, both of which applications are incorporated herein in theirentireties by reference thereto.

BACKGROUND

1. Field of the Disclosure

The present application relates to the technical field of simulatedcigarettes, in particular to an electronic cigarette.

2. Discussion of the Background Art

An electronic cigarette has appearance and taste similar to that of aconventional cigarette, and is a substitute of the conventionalcigarette.

Reference is made to FIGS. 1 and 2, wherein FIG. 1 is a schematic viewshowing the structure of a first main body of an electronic cigarette inthe conventional technology, and FIG. 2 is a schematic view showing thestructure of a second main body of the electronic cigarette in theconventional technology.

The electronic cigarette generally includes a first main body and asecond main body. The first main body includes an atomization device 01,a tar storage cotton 02, an upper electrode 03, an insulating ring 04sleeved on the upper electrode 03, and etc. The second main body mainlyincludes a battery 07, a lower electrode 08, a controller 09 and a lampcap 010. The lower electrode 08 and the controller 09 are bothelectrically connected to the battery 07, and the controller 09 iselectrically connected to the lamp cap 010.

The first main body has one end provided with a suction nozzle 05, andthe other end provided with a threaded portion 06. The second main bodyhas one end provided with the lamp cap 010, and the other end providedwith an internal thread configured to cooperate with the threadedportion 06. In use, the first main body and the second main body may beassembled together via the cooperation between the threaded portion 06and the internal thread. In use, the electronic cigarette may simulatethe process of cigarette smoking, the atomization device 01 atomizes thesubstances in the tar storage cotton 02 to simulate the smoke, and thecontroller 09 controls the light and dark states of the lamp cap 010according to the smoking process of a user to simulate the state of aburning cigarette.

However, a rod of the second main body in the conventional electroniccigarette is generally made of metal, thus an outer surface of thesecond main body is very smooth, and the electronic cigarette tends tofall off from the user's hand since a friction between the second mainbody and fingers of the user is small, which may cause inconvenience tothe user.

Hence, a technical problem to be solved by those skilled in the art isto prevent the electronic cigarette from falling off.

SUMMARY

An electronic cigarette is provided in the present application, whichhas a structure capable of effectively preventing the electroniccigarette from falling off.

The electronic cigarette according to the present application includes arod having an atomization device and a battery assembly, wherein theelectronic cigarette further includes a jacket, the jacket is arrangedon an outer surface of the rod, and an outer surface of the jacket isprovided with a friction portion.

Preferably, the friction portion is distributed on the entire outersurface of the jacket.

Preferably, the rod includes a first main body and a second main body,the first main body and the second main body are configured to bedetachably connected, the atomization device is arranged in the firstmain body, and the battery assembly is arranged in the second main body.

Preferably, the jacket is arranged on the second main body, and thefriction portion is arranged at an end of the jacket near the first mainbody.

Preferably, the friction portion is spherical convex portions.

Preferably, the friction portion is annular convex portions distributedin a spiral shape.

Preferably, the friction portion is swingable swing ball convexportions.

Preferably, the friction portion is spherical convex portions.

Preferably, the jacket is a rubber jacket.

Preferably, the jacket is a jacket made of ethylene vinyl acetatecopolymer material.

The electronic cigarette according to the present application includes arod having an atomization device and a battery assembly, wherein theelectronic cigarette further includes a jacket, the jacket is arrangedon an outer surface of the rod, and an outer surface of the jacket isprovided with a friction portion. When using the electronic cigarette,due to the friction portion, fingers of a user may contact the frictionportion, which may increase the friction between the fingers and therod, thereby effectively preventing the electronic cigarette fromfalling off from the fingers in use.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

FIG. 1 is a schematic view showing the structure of a first main body ofan electronic cigarette in the conventional technology;

FIG. 2 is a schematic view showing the structure of a first main body ofthe electronic cigarette in the conventional technology;

FIG. 3 is a schematic view showing the structure of an electroniccigarette of a separated structure according to the first embodiment ofthe present application;

FIG. 4 is a schematic view showing the structure of the electroniccigarette shown in FIG. 3;

FIG. 5 is a schematic view showing the structure of an electroniccigarette of a separated structure according to a second embodiment ofthe present application;

FIG. 6 is a schematic view showing the structure of the electroniccigarette shown in FIG. 5;

FIG. 7 is a schematic view showing the structure of an electroniccigarette of a separated structure according to a third embodiment ofthe present application;

FIG. 8 is a schematic view showing the structure of the electroniccigarette shown in FIG. 7;

FIG. 9 is a schematic view showing the structure of an electroniccigarette of a separated structure according to a fourth embodiment ofthe present application; and

FIG. 10 is a schematic view showing the structure of the electroniccigarette shown in FIG. 9.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENT

An electronic cigarette is provided in the present application, whichhas a structure capable of effectively preventing the electroniccigarette from falling off.

For those skilled in the art to better understand technical solutions ofthe present application, the present application is described in detailin conjunction with drawings and embodiments hereinafter.

First Embodiment

Reference is made to FIGS. 3 and 4, wherein FIG. 3 is schematic viewshowing the structure of an electronic cigarette of a separatedstructure according to the first embodiment of the present application,and FIG. 4 is schematic view showing the structure of the electroniccigarette shown in FIG. 3.

In this embodiment, the electronic cigarette includes a first main body1-1 and a second main body 1-2. The first main body 1-2 is provided withan atomization device and components for ensuring the normal operationof the atomization device, such as a tar storage cotton. The first mainbody 1-1 has one end provided with a suction nozzle, and the other endprovided with a threaded portion 1-5. The second main body 1-2 has oneend provided with a lamp cap 1-3, and the other end provided with athread configured to cooperate with the threaded portion 1-5 of thefirst main body 1-1. The lamp cap 1-3 is electrically connected to abattery assembly arranged in the second main body 1-2, and a detachableconnection between the first main body 1-1 and the second main body 1-2may be realized due to the cooperation between the threaded portion 1-5and the thread.

The second main body 1-2 further includes a jacket, which is arranged atan outer surface of the second main body 1-2. An outer surface of thejacket is provided with spherical convex portions 1-4, which aredistributed on the entire outer surface of the jacket.

When using the electronic cigarette, due to the arranged sphericalconvex portions 1-4, fingers of a user may contact the spherical convexportions 1-4, which may increase the friction between the fingers andthe jacket, thereby effectively preventing the electronic cigarette fromfalling off from the fingers of the user in use. At the same time, thearrangement of the spherical convex portions 1-4 may also ensure thecomfort of the user.

In addition, in order to ensure a more comfortable touch feeling of theelectronic cigarette, the jacket in this embodiment is a rubber jacket.In this way, the user may have a better comfortable feeling since therubber jacket is soft. The jacket may also be made of other softmaterials, such as EVA (ethylene vinyl acetate copolymer) material.

It is to be noted that, the spherical convex portions 1-4 in thisembodiment are distributed on the entire outer surface of the jacket,and the spherical convex portions 1-4 may also be arranged at a part ofthe outer surface of the jacket according to habits, for instance, thespherical convex portions 1-4 may be arranged near the end, configuredto be connected to the first main body, of the second main body.

It is further to be noted that, the convex portion 1-4 is of a sphericalshape in this embodiment, and the convex portion 1-4 may be of othershapes according to actual situations, such as square shape, star shape,and etc.

Second Embodiment

Reference is made to FIGS. 5 and 6, wherein FIG. 5 is a schematic viewshowing the structure of an electronic cigarette of a separatedstructure according to the second embodiment of the present application,and FIG. 6 is a schematic view showing the structure of the electroniccigarette shown in FIG. 5.

In this embodiment, the electronic cigarette includes a first main body2-1 and a second main body 2-2. The first main body 2-1 is provided withan atomization device and components for ensuring the normal operationof the atomization device, such as a tar storage cotton. The first mainbody 2-1 has one end provided with a suction nozzle, and the other endprovided with a threaded portion 2-5. The second main body 2-2 has oneend provided with a lamp cap 2-3, and the other end provided with athread configured to cooperate with the threaded portion 2-5 of thefirst main body 2-1. The lamp cap 2-3 is electrically connected to abattery assembly arranged in the second main body 2-2, and the firstmain body 2-1 is detachably connected to the second main body 2-2 viathe threaded connection.

The second main body 2-2 further includes a jacket, which is arranged atan outer surface of the second main body 2-2. An outer surface of thejacket is provided with annular convex portions 2-4, which aredistributed on the entire outer surface of the jacket. The distributionof the annular convex portions 2-4 on the jacket is of a spiral shape.

When using the electronic cigarette, due to the arranged annular convexportions 2-4, fingers of a user may contact the annular convex portions2-4, which may increase the friction between the fingers and the jacket,thereby effectively preventing the electronic cigarette from falling offfrom the fingers in use.

In addition, in order to ensure a more comfortable touch feeling of theelectronic cigarette, the jacket in this embodiment is a rubber jacket.In this way, the user may have a better comfortable feeling since therubber jacket is soft. The jacket may also be made of other softmaterials, such as EVA (ethylene vinyl acetate copolymer) material.

It is to be noted that, the annular convex portions 2-4 in thisembodiment are distributed on the entire outer surface of the jacket,and the annular convex portions 2-4 may also be arranged at a part ofthe outer surface of the jacket according to habits, for instance, theannular convex portions 2-4 may be arranged near the end, configured tobe connected to the first main body, of the second main body.

It is further to be noted that, this embodiment employs the annularconvex portions 2-4 distributed in a spiral shape, and the annularconvex portions 2-4 may also be distributed in other shapes, such as awaved shape.

Third Embodiment

Reference is made to FIGS. 7 and 8, FIG. 7 is a schematic view showingthe structure of an electronic cigarette of a separated structureaccording to the third embodiment of the present application, and FIG. 8is schematic view showing the structure of the electronic cigaretteshown in FIG. 7.

In this embodiment, the electronic cigarette includes a first main body3-1 and a second main body 3-2. The first main body 3-1 is provided withan atomization device and components for ensuring the normal operationof the atomization device, such as a tar storage cotton. The first mainbody 3-1 has one end provided with a suction nozzle, and the other endprovided with a threaded portion 3-5. The second main body 3-2 has oneend provided with a lamp cap 3-3, and the other end provided with athread configured to cooperate with the threaded portion 3-5 of thefirst main body 3-1. The lamp cap 3-3 is electrically connected to abattery assembly arranged in the second main body 3-2, and the firstmain body 3-1 is detachably connected to the second main body 3-2 viathe threaded connection.

The second main body 3-2 further includes a jacket, which is arranged atan outer surface of the second main body 3-2. An outer surface of thejacket is provided with swingable swing ball convex portions 3-4, whichare distributed on the entire outer surface of the jacket.

When using the electronic cigarette, due to the arranged swing ballconvex portions 3-4, fingers of a user may contact the swing ball convexportions 3-4, top ends of the swing ball convex portions 3-4, subjectedto a force from the fingers of the user, tend to incline toward thedirection of the force, thereby forming spaces to accommodate fingers,which may effectively prevent the electronic cigarette from falling offfrom the fingers of the user. At the same time, the arrangement of theswing ball convex portions 3-4 may also improve the comfort of the user.

In addition, in order to ensure a more comfortable touch feeling of theelectronic cigarette, the jacket in this embodiment is a rubber jacket.In this way, the user may have a better comfortable feeling since therubber jacket is soft. The jacket may also be made of other softmaterials, such as EVA (ethylene vinyl acetate copolymer) material.

It is to be noted that, the swing ball convex portions 3-4 in thisembodiment are distributed on the entire outer surface of the jacket,and the swing ball convex portions 3-4 may also be arranged at a part ofthe outer surface of the jacket according to habits, for instance, theswing ball convex portions 3-4 may be arranged near the end, configuredto be connected to the first main body, of the second main body.

Fourth Embodiment

Reference is made to FIGS. 9 and 10, FIG. 9 is a schematic view showingthe structure of an electronic cigarette of a separated structureaccording to the fourth embodiment of the present application, and FIG.10 is a schematic view showing the structure of the electronic cigaretteshown in FIG. 9.

In this embodiment, the electronic cigarette includes a first main body4-1 and a second main body 4-2. The first main body 4-1 is provided withan atomization device and components for ensuring the normal operationof the atomization device, such as a tar storage cotton. The first mainbody 4-1 has one end provided with a suction nozzle, and the other endprovided with a threaded portion 4-5. The second main body 4-2 has oneend provided with a lamp cap 4-3, and the other end provided with athread configured to cooperate with the threaded portion 4-5 of thefirst main body 4-1. The lamp cap 4-3 is electrically connected to abattery assembly arranged in the second main body 4-2, and the firstmain body 4-1 is detachably connected to the second main body 4-2 viathe threaded connection.

The second main body 4-2 further includes a jacket, which is arranged atan outer surface of the second main body 4-2. An outer surface of thejacket is provided with spherical convex portions 4-4, which aredistributed at a portion near an end, configured to be connected to thefirst main body 4-1, of the second main body 4-2.

When using the electronic cigarette, due to the arranged sphericalconvex portions 4-2, fingers of a user may contact the spherical convexportions 4-2, which may increase the friction between the fingers andthe jacket, thereby effectively preventing the electronic cigarette fromfalling off from the fingers of the user in use.

In addition, in order to ensure a more comfortable touch feeling of theelectronic cigarette, the jacket in this embodiment is a rubber jacket.In this way, the user may have a better comfortable feeling since therubber jacket is soft. The jacket may also be made of other softmaterials, such as EVA (ethylene vinyl acetate copolymer) material.

It is to be noted that, the spherical convex portions 4-4 in thisembodiment are arranged near the end, configured to be connected to thefirst main body 4-1, of the second main body 4-2 according to habits,and the spherical convex portions 4-4 may also be distributed on theentire outer surface of the jacket.

Specific implementations of the friction portion are described hereinthrough the above four embodiments, and the friction portion may also berealized in other manners.

In each embodiment described hereinabove, a rod of the electroniccigarette includes the first main body and the second main body. The rodmay also be an integrated rod, that is, an atomization device and abattery assembly are both arranged in the rod, a jacket is arranged atan outer surface of the rod, and an outer surface of the jacket isprovided with the friction portion according to the embodimentsdescribed hereinabove.

The electronic cigarette according to the present application isdescribed in detail hereinbefore. The principle and the embodiments ofthe present application are illustrated herein by specific examples. Theabove description of examples is only intended to help the understandingof the method and the spirit of the present application. It should benoted that, for the person skilled in the art, many modifications andimprovements may be made to the present application without departingfrom the principle of the present application, and these modificationsand improvements are also deemed to fall into the protection scope ofthe present application defined by the claims.

1. An electronic cigarette, comprising a rod having an atomizationdevice and a battery assembly, wherein the electronic cigarette furthercomprises a jacket, the jacket is arranged on an outer surface of therod, and an outer surface of the jacket is provided with a frictionportion.
 2. The electronic cigarette according to claim 1, wherein thefriction portion is distributed on the entire outer surface of thejacket.
 3. The electronic cigarette according to claim 1, wherein therod comprises a first main body and a second main body, the first mainbody and the second main body are configured to be detachably connected,the atomization device is arranged in the first main body, and thebattery assembly is arranged in the second main body.
 4. The electroniccigarette according to claim 3, wherein the jacket is arranged on thesecond main body, and the friction portion is arranged at an end of thejacket near the first main body.
 5. The electronic cigarette accordingto claim 2, wherein the friction portion is spherical convex portions.6. The electronic cigarette according to claim 2, wherein the frictionportion is annular convex portions distributed in a spiral shape.
 7. Theelectronic cigarette according to claim 2, wherein the friction portionis swingable swing ball convex portions.
 8. The electronic cigaretteaccording to claim 2, wherein the friction portion is spherical convexportions.
 9. The electronic cigarette according to claim 1, wherein thejacket is a rubber jacket.
 10. The electronic cigarette according toclaim 1, wherein the jacket is a jacket made of ethylene vinyl acetatecopolymer material.
 11. The electronic cigarette according to claim 4,wherein the friction portion is spherical convex portions.
 12. Theelectronic cigarette according to claim 4, wherein the friction portionis annular convex portions distributed in a spiral shape.
 13. Theelectronic cigarette according to claim 4, wherein the friction portionis swingable swing ball convex portions.
 14. The electronic cigaretteaccording to claim 4, wherein the friction portion is spherical convexportions.